1.   Besides exempting the panel from House rules on seeking contempt citations, the panel is considering creating a subcommittee to conduct the inquiry.

2.   Beginning in March, a three-judge federal panel will consider a request to overturn the law.

3.   A government tax panel is considering the issue of tax consolidation, which is opposed by the Ministry of Finance since it could reduce tax revenue.

4.   A government tax panel is considering the issue of tax consolidation.

5.   A federal appellate court panel is considering whether to reinstate the state conviction.

6.   A Senate panel considers the future of NATO on Thursday.

7.   A Senate panel considers the nomination of Pocatello Judge Lynn Winmill to a federal post.

8.   A spokeswoman for the House Commerce subcommittee said no decision had been made on when the panel would consider the draft and possible amendments to it.

9.   But Carol Amick, director of the Massachusetts Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Board, denied that her panel is considering Rowe for the repository.

10.   Gingrich filed an ethics complaint against Wright and called for the Texas Democrat to step down as speaker while the House ethics panel was considering it.